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  • Hoşap Castle

  • Hoşap Castle

    Hoşap Castle is a large castle located in the village of Güzelsu in Van Province, Turkey. Most of the surviving structure was built by the local Ottoman governor Sarı Süleyman Bey in 1643 AD.
    Archaeological Site
    Hoşap Castle
    by Attaleiv, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 1993 m

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    Hoşap Castle

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Turkey

    Van

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    17th Century AD

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    Islamic

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